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My first foray into ~Youtube Makeup Land~ is in the form of a "Get Ready With Me." Mostly because I was going to put some makeup on and the sun was out.

As I sat to edit this monstrosity (30+ minutes of content what the heck), I realized how much I grossly underestimate how much time it takes for me to put on my makeup, which explains why I elect to go makeup-free most of the time.

I ended up fast forwarding most of the application/talking because OMG I TALK SO SLOW and it honestly just was not that interesting. Not to say that I think what made the cuts are interesting...

Anyway, I did A Thing, and I thought I'd post it before I lost my nerve. Enjoy!

Have you ever felt like you were torn between two worlds? I mean this not to be dramatic (ok, just a little bit), but because I feel this way all. the. freaking. time.

Take the visually obvious: I’m Korean-American, and the balance of Korean and American are constantly fluctuating and probably more on the American side than my parents would like. At school, I was always told that I was “good at math and science” (and fulfilling my Asian stereotype), but I preferred my English and French classes because I liked them better. I still can’t find a reason why.

I like English, but I hate writing, but I desperately want to keep up this desolate thing I call a blog because I have ideas and thoughts and opinions I want to share with people, but I’d rather shout into the void of the internet rather than tell my own five friends and have them judge me for being someone other than who they thought I was.

Sorry. I’m being dramatic again.

Over the course of the last however many years I’ve “had” this blog, I’ve constantly been struggling with what I want to cover. Food, yes. Of course. But also, skincare and makeup have been creeping into my life and I’ve had nobody to really talk to about it. And I feel like you have to compartmentalize yourself as someone who only likes one thing, but I like Lots Of Things. Sometimes I have a short whirlwind obsession with something and then drop it like it’s hot (but to me, it’s not hot, it’s boring now). And other times I have an obsession that ebbs and flows but remains a constant (that’s food, by the way).

I have a feeling that I’ll regret some things I post here, because I just get struck with inspiration to write and I just do it, because otherwise, nothing would ever be posted on this thing.

Anyway. I just wanted to share some people behind videos and blog and such who have inspired me to keep (start?) writing and sharing.

He’s the kind of person who is so excited about food that I get excited. Actually, I think you could say that about all the people on this list. He isn’t afraid to do things the long and complicated way, and honestly just inspires me to experiment more in my own cooking and also, salt everything.

Ok. Okokok. A series about fermentation that is honestly so fun and funny and informative in an unpretentious way that I cannot get enough of. Yes, I love Brad’s off-the-cuff explanations and passion for what he’s doing, but the magic is truly in the editing. Vincent/Vinny/Vinchenzo’s editing kills me in the best way.

If you’re not following @guarnaschelli on Instagram, you are missing out. She reposts comics from the New Yorker and captions food in a way that is borderline inappropriate, and I love it. And I love her.

Yep. I've made a YouTube video. I've realized that, as much as I hate to admit it, I don't have a great affinity for writing. So I've decided to talk into my iPhone like a pleb.

To be honest, this first video was kind of me just going for it. Super low production values and minimal editing on my phone. It's kind of a trainwreck, but I figure that everyone's first video has to be kind of awful, right?

Anyway, about the bag: it's the Alexander Wang Rocco bag, and I love it. Like, a lot. I found it on super sale at Barney's Warehouse this January (I'm talking like, half off!), in the color-way I wanted. It was quite an exciting moment for me, especially because I was considering buying it full-price (at $975- yikes!). To find out what I keep in this beautiful thing, click below!

I started watching It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (currently on season 8)

Podcasts have slowly but surely taken over my life

Anyway, since part of my job is to hunt down beauty bloggers/vloggers/influencers and spread the word about SPI Cosmetics, I've been inspired by the sheer number of women (and men!) who are so dedicated to updating their blog even with a small readership. It made me want to update my blog more often, so here it is.

The next one will be more exciting (I hope), but for now, I bid you adieu.

Not gonna lie, I wrote up this post a week ago, but it didn't save. #fail. So here it goes again... I hope I can muster up the excitement that I had for these babies last week!

Bacon. Cheese. Chives. Butter. These definitely aren't healthy, but boy are these delicious.

I have found that I tend to bake/cook more adventurously when I'm at school. This might be because I do all my grocery shopping on my own, so I have everything I need to make whatever I'd like to make. OR, it's because my roommates are enablers who tell me to make anything and everything I'm thinking about making.

Either way, the thought of bacon cheddar scones entered my mind, and a quick google search brought me this recipe.

Because I wanted these biscuits on a whim, I didn't have all the ingredients the recipe called for. But that's okay, because I think improvisation is the best part of cooking!

Mix lemon juice and milk to make buttermilk, sub a shredded cheese blend for cheddar, and do whatever it takes to get the biscuits into your belly as soon as possible.

Once I mixed up these biscuits and dropped them on the baking sheet, I topped them with even more cheese, because I am an animal.

Warning: these make pretty huge biscuits, so if they're gonna be a side, you might wanna make 15-20 biscuits instead of the 12 the recipe calls for. They also freeze pretty well, so never fear!

But yeah. This biscuit recipe came together in less than 20 minutes, was super easy, and super delicious. Would highly recommend.

And they're SO FLUFFY!

If you love yourself, make these biscuits. Or make something else that's equally delicious and tell me alllllll about it.